. >>> there is something very special brewing in oakland's chinatown. >> it is the yu ming mandarin charter school where alameda county kids are getting a bilingual education and it's free. it was the brainchild of nine local parents who are all amazed right now how it's grown in just two short years. >> it's amazing. you see these kids, you know, half of whom have no mandarin exposure at all, and then by now it's only three months into school and they're already speaking mandarin. they're reading some perhaps, they're trying to write characters. it's really incredible. >> what is it about the school that you love >> recess! >> recess! [ laughter ] >> well, they are kids. the yu ming school is k through second grade but they are going to expand through 8th. it's a terrific place. it was this week's "cool school." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> brooke: we have to promise each other, no matter how bad we feel or how tempted we are, katie cannot know that we kissed. >> bill: she's not gonna hear it from me. >> taylor: (sighs) >> brooke: we have